Jack C. Evans
(1894-1918)
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Bugler Jack C. Evans, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Leviathan
The standard Infantry bugle was the M1894 bugle in B flat. It was a small triple-twist brass instrument called a “Trench Bugle.”
The standard Infantry bugle was the M1894 bugle in B flat. It was a small triple-twist brass instrument called a “Trench Bugle.”
Gravestone, Bugler Jack C. Evans, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France
Bugler Jack C. Evans’ sister’s gravestone, Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Jack C. Evans
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 3/4/1894, Wheeling, West Virginia
Birth: 3/4/1894, Wheeling, West Virginia
Address: 1338 E. Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single at draft registration but may have been married and divorced previously [see below]; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Chauffeur at Curley Auto Co., 907 Walnut Ave., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 6/28/1917; Bugler [WWI Buglers were essential for communication of daily activity schedules, and sometimes served in more dangerous roles as stretcher-bearers, runners or ammunition carriers.]
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 6/28/1917; Bugler [WWI Buglers were essential for communication of daily activity schedules, and sometimes served in more dangerous roles as stretcher-bearers, runners or ammunition carriers.]
Service Number: 1519400
Marriage: 5/19/1914 Jack C. Evans, age 22, a Driver, married Lucille E. Roth (1895-1992), age 19, a waitress from Buffalo, NY. At his draft registration in 1917, Jack C. Evans reported his marital status as single. No divorce records were found. Lucille E. Roth married Mike Fellers in 1916.
Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan
Action:
Death: September 26, 1918 at age 24 at Montfaucon d'Argonne, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France in the Bois de Montfaucon, south of Montfaucon d'Argonne; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 26, 1918 at age 24 at Montfaucon d'Argonne, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France in the Bois de Montfaucon, south of Montfaucon d'Argonne; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 9/27/1918 buried at the town of Avocourt, France, [which was mostly destroyed during the Allied drive of 9/26/1918, the day Bugler Jack C. Evans died]; 3/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 3/16/1922 remains disinterred and buried at his final resting place at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine France, Plot B Row 2 Grave 22.
Burial: 9/27/1918 buried at the town of Avocourt, France, [which was mostly destroyed during the Allied drive of 9/26/1918, the day Bugler Jack C. Evans died]; 3/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 3/16/1922 remains disinterred and buried at his final resting place at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine France, Plot B Row 2 Grave 22.
Next of Kin: Mrs. W. J. Glasscock, sister, North Olmsted, OH and 2108 W. 73rd St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father may have been James J. Evans; Mother may have been Mollie Evans; Sister: Adeline Evans Glasscock (1883-1939), buried Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH. Sibling list may be incomplete. No additional family information found.
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